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How Many Parts To E Cigarettes

Sunday, November 27th, 2011 at 5:25 pm  
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Two And Three Part E Cigarettes

There are two basic styles of electronic cigarettes, those that consist of two parts or three parts. This is a functional difference that should be understood prior to purchase because it bears on the replacement costs and ongoing expense of e cigarette use. A two-part unit includes a battery and a cartomizer. Each manufacturer specifies the battery size and how long it takes to recharge. Generally, an e cigarette starter kit comes complete with a wall charger and a USB port charger, but that is definitely something to check before purchasing a kit. And a cartomizer is a combination of a cartridge containing e cigarette liquid and an atomizer that heats up and turns the liquid into vapor. The capacity of liquid varies between manufacturers as well, and that’s another thing to check before purchasing your first electronic cigarette or switching models.

Advantages Of A Two-Part E Cigarette

Two part e cigaretteThere are three distinct advantages to the two-part style of e cigarette, and those are ease of cartomizer replacement when the liquid is gone, new atomizers, and basic good hygiene.  You may see some users with the ability to screw the battery to the cartomizer with one hand, although that skill takes some practice. Naturally, it is very simple to put together using both hands. And as soon as that process is accomplished there is a fresh supply of e cigarette liquid containing nicotine and flavoring as well as a fresh atomizer. This is an advantage over the three-part units in which the atomizers are used over and over while the liquid is refilled again and again, which can lead to poor functionality due to a clogged system. It’s easy to see that the mouthpiece on used cartomizers fits between the users’ lips and when a new one is screwed into the battery it is completely fresh each time, including the mouthpiece. Some users really appreciate this sanitary feature of the two-part units, also called automatice cigarettes because the breath passing through the cartomizer triggers it to heat up to create vapor, so there’s no manual trigger required.

Advantages of A Three-Part E Cigarette

Three part e cigarettesThe battery, atomizer and cartridge are the three different components of a three-part e cigarette. Since each part can be purchased separately and even swapped-out for those made by other manufacturers, the three-part system offers the most flexibility. And it offers greater opportunity for cost savings as well, meaning savings over other types of electronic cigarettes with liquid cartridges that cannot be refilled by the user. Cost savings over tobacco cigarette use is also assumed. Each part can be replaced whenever necessary, and refilling the e cigarette liquid can become a hobby unto itself since there are literally thousands of fruit, food, herbal and incense flavors available. Three-part electronic cigarettes may come with a manual switch requiring the user to press a little button to start the atomizer, but they can also be changed into an automatic unit simply by switching parts.

 

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Understanding The E Cigarette

Saturday, November 26th, 2011 at 9:11 pm  
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Understanding Two And Three Piece E Cigarettes

E cigarettes smallSome electronic cigarettes are constructed in one piece, and these models are normally disposable when the liquid runs out. So, it’s more economical to use e cigarette models that are completely or at least partially rechargeable (the battery) and refillable (the liquid cartridge) or replaceable (the liquid cartridge and the atomizer.)  Essentially, all e cigarette parts are replaceable, so there is nothing about a typical electronic cigarette that is permanent, meaning every part will reconnect to corresponding, new replacement parts for continued use and enjoyment.  Experienced users, generally daily smokers who have made the switch to e cigarettes to avoid the hazards of tobacco smoking will tell you to estimate about one month as the average length of time a vaporizer will last, although they can easily fail after a few days or last well over a month. And of course a battery will be recharged many times during a month of daily use, but eventually the battery wears out after approximately two hundred charges.

E cigarette Cartridges Are Here

Cartridges contain polyester wadding into which the nicotine and flavoring liquid is absorbed. In two-piece electronic cigarettes there is a combination cartridge/atomizer called a “cartomizer” which means that entire piece is discarded at one time and replaced by a new one. Use of replacement cartomizers can make electronic cigarettes more expensive than tobacco cigarette smoking; so many people chose to invest in one of the many three-piece models instead. When either the liquid cartridge needs to be refilled or the atomizer heating element burns out, only the defective part needs to be replaced, not both. Plus, two piece and three piece models are completely interchangeable. One cartomizer can screw onto a battery and replace both a cartridge and an atomizer, two separate parts. No wonder these units are the most popular on the market, and that many manufacturers’ e cigarette parts are interchangeable with each other.

A Pair Of E Cigarettes And A Spare?

All this talk about spare parts might make a smoker think that it’s a whole lot simpler to carry a pack of tobacco cigarettes than worry about small electronic parts failing. To a certain extent, that’s true, and it’s the reason dedicated smokers who’ve switched to e cigarettes advise new users to keep spare parts on hand. Since one entire electronic cigarette consists of a battery, an atomizer and a cartridge (or a battery and a cartomizer), that’s the basic set-up. But any serious user will want to keep multiple set-ups on hand to avoid the temptation or need to borrow a tobacco cigarette. Most suggestions include two complete, separate two-piece units and two complete, separate three-piece units, just to be prepared.

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How Do You Get Your Nicotine

Thursday, November 24th, 2011 at 4:55 pm  
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How Do You Get Your Nicotine? I’m sure You Have Thought About The Electronic Cigarette.

Nicotine gum or e cigaretteTobacco cigarettes have come under scrutiny and heavy criticism for several decades now, and over the years many alternative nicotine delivery systems were perfected. Smokers bent on quitting can choose from a skin patch, nasal spray, chewing gum, or inhaler, alone or in combinations. Although those methods do indeed deliver nicotine effectively, they lack any charm whatsoever and, sadly, hover between 10% and 20% effective when users are measured one year after using their chosen stop-smoking product. In other words, 80% to 90% of people who use these alternative nicotine delivery systems start smoking tobacco cigarettes again within the first year.

When electronic cigarettes were invented in China, and released on the market in 1995, they were the most ‘cigarette-like’ alternative nicotine delivery system ever developed, which is still true.

And although the US government and medical associations refuse to officially proclaim electronic cigarettes as an approved smoking cessation device, the fact is they deliver nicotine in a manner that people thoroughly enjoy, to the point that they willingly give up tobacco cigarettes entirely. Wearing a skin patch has no tactile or oral component to deliver pleasure along with the nicotine. More than likely, anyone who has tried nicotine nasal spray or an inhaler would say the same thing. Those activities lack luster to say the least. Chewing gum has the element of fun to some extent, but nothing comes close to the oral and tactile sensation of an electronic cigarette producing water vapor that simulates tobacco smoke and provides a throat hit and a nicotine fix. The e cigarette experience is not the same as smoking a traditional cigarette, but it comes closer than any other nicotine delivery system by far.

In addition, e cigarette liquid containing nicotine is available in various strengths, so anyone who uses an e cigarette can make a personal choice to consume more or less nicotine, even on a daily basis, each time he or she ‘lights up.’  Even though there’s no combustion involved, e cigarettes usually have lighted tips, so the old phrase still works!  But it’s called vaping, not smoking, because the flavored nicotine liquid is vaporized in a tiny atomizer when the user takes a drag and air flows through the unit. The joys of vaping are many, because nicotine delivery has never been so delicious. Literally thousands of e cigarette liquid flavors are available if tobacco or menthol flavor lose their appeal. Or, fruit, food, dessert and liquor flavors can be mixed in to please anyone’s personal preferences, anytime.  All in all, electronic cigarettes far eclipse any other alternative nicotine delivery system on the market today.

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E cigarettes Nicotone Level

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 at 7:31 pm  
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Nicotine Content of E Cigarettes

E cigarettes nicotineAlthough there are e cigarette starter kits sold specifically for the purpose of stopping smoking, most users are cigarette smokers who have no intention of quitting. Eventually they may change their minds of course, but at the outset they are simply looking for a new, improved nicotine delivery system. Since there is no smoke generated by e cigarettes, there are none of the toxic chemicals inherent in tobacco smoke. This fact is a big plus and explains the growing popularity of the units.

E cigarettes Can Really Help You Quit… Even If You Dont Want To

But it cannot be overlooked that e cigarettes do contain nicotine. Even though the strongest over-the-counter nicotine strength found in the liquid is approximately equivalent to a medium strength cigarette, smokers who are fulfilling their need for nicotine on a daily basis will simply use their e cigarette for a longer period of time. Smokers can attest to the fact that the vapor from e cigarettes does not penetrate the lung tissue as deeply as tobacco smoke. This means that it takes more puffs to get the same effect. However, nicotine is also absorbed to a much greater degree through the nose and mouth by users of e cigarettes.

 

National Vapers Club Gets Attention Over E Cigarettes

Sunday, November 6th, 2011 at 1:16 pm  
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The National Vapers Club is an organization of people, mostly former smokers, who use and enjoy E Cigarettes.

E cigarettes worriedIn a recent survey of club members it was determined that over 80% of E Cigarette users would go back to smoking tobacco cigarettes if their access to E Cigarettes and E Cigarette refills was cut off.

“Many of our members quit smoking tobacco because their doctors told them their health depended on it,” said Spike Babian, president of the National Vapers Club.  This summer the group of E Cigarette users paid for an ad on CBS’ SuperScreen, a well-known location on Times Square in New York. The club is promoting E Cigarettes to smokers and the public in general in order to help people begin to have a better understanding that E Cigarettes are not harmful and in fact, can effectively help a smoker quit his or her tobacco use.

Why are they worried about e cigarettes?

As a result of federal legislation, the FDA now has the green light to develop regulations on the sale and use of E Cigarettes. That fact has manufacturers, retailers and users somewhat worried. Nobody wants E Cigarettes to come under the same scrutiny as tobacco cigarettes, because there is no comparison in terms of danger to the user or others nearby. The basic problem is simply ignorance on the part of the general public. Some municipalities have established restrictions on E Cigarette use in public, and for the most part the restrictions are unfounded. The fact is that the vapor emitted by electronic cigarettes is water vapor, similar in composition to the “fog” emitted by machines for stage shows and dance floors, neither of which is known to be harmful.

But it is a genuine psychological issue when diners in a restaurant see someone using an E Cigarette and mistakenly believe it’s a tobacco cigarette. Restaurants are a particular problem, but airplanes are even worse. Use of E Cigarettes on an airplane is not wise and even most vapers agree. There is a time and a place for everything. For now, the time is right and nearly every place is the right place to use E Cigarettes, especially to stop smoking.

Other Elements that Affect Control of The E-Cigarette

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 at 5:35 pm  
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Since the e-cigarette is relatively new in the tobacco users’ choices, many of the already enacted laws are not applicable.

FDA regulations e cigaretteSince the e cigarette is covered neither in the scope nor in the definitions in the law. Again, this can easily change by a court decision, which as yet has not occurred.

Another element of law which helps the e cigarette manufacturer is the tobacco industry’s successfully prevention of several types of tobacco use not being legislated against.  Specifically, the FDA has exercised minimal control of pipe tobacco, cigars (other than small cigars), chewing tobacco, snuff, and the liquid form tobacco used in the hookah.

One may speculate on the reasons for such an apparent oversight. Cigarette smoking has received much negative notoriety. The proportion of the population that uses cigarettes significantly outnumbers the other forms of tobacco usage. With limited budgets, the government has to focus on the “most bang for the buck” approach.

How does all this affect the e cigarette?  The answer is “only time will tell.”  That is not avoiding the issues, but being aware of the changing goals of governmental agencies.

Office of the Surgeon General On The E Cigarette

One of the more significant departments that have affected the government’s public face on the tobacco industry is the Office of the Surgeon General, part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health in the Office of the Secretary, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. Theoretically, the purpose of this office is to provide the American public the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of injury and illness (http://www.surgeongeneral.gov).  Historically, the Surgeon General has been in the forefront of influencing controls on tobacco industry, cigarettes in particular.

The advantage that the e cigarette industry has is, as it is relatively new in the market place, that scientific research and information is not available. The manufacturers of e cigarettes are not currently faced with overcoming any attack by the Office of the Surgeon General.  How long this silence remains is an unknown. Why?  One does not know what funding the Office of the Surgeon General is providing on obtaining scientific research on the e cigarette.  Research takes time, not only for the research to be done, but the information must be gathered over substantial time, using various factors.  One important factor which will impede any study is finding the right subjects, as any study on e cigarettes must not include anyone who smoked cigarettes, or possibly used tobacco in any form before using e-cigarettes.

Unavailability of Research Information On The E cigarette

Given that virtually everyone who uses the e cigarette have used tobacco products previously, research on the long-term, even short-term, effects of e-cigarettes on its users will be a hard to overcome obstacle.

Can the FDA force legislation on controlling the e cigarette absent scientific research and information to justify said control.  Undoubtedly the FDA will try.

The unknown in this scenario is what testing and research the manufacturers of e-cigarettes have done.  If such research has been done, the government will obtain it. If such research is currently being done, the government will somehow try to involve itself. However, where the research is being done might mitigate the Office of the Surgeon General obtaining what information the e cigarette manufacturer has or will have.

Alternatives

Another avenue that the Surgeon General has is to use information on similar devices, if similar devices exist, and the research would have to show a significant relationship between the e cigarette and the similar device.

The E Cigarette Has a Flavor For You!

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 at 1:32 am  
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The E Cigarette – A Flavor For Everyone

e cigarette flavorsFor a cigarette smoker who has the choice of menthol or plain, the e cigarette experience opens up a whole new world of flavor. Whether you want to reduce or stop smoking, or whether you just want to explore another source of enjoyment, there is nothing to compare with the panorama of delightful flavors available for use in an e cigarette.

How The E cigarette It Works

 First let’s look at how it works, and then we’ll explore a few items on the limitless menu of different e cigarette liquid flavors. An e cigarette has two or three parts, depending on the style and manufacturer. But they all work basically the same way. A rechargeable battery housed in the lower part of the e cigarette unit powers the attached vaporizer which is like a tiny humidifier. It creates water vapor when the e cigarette liquid heats up in response to the user drawing air through the unit. It’s pretty simple, really. The tip lights up as well, in pink, red or orange to simulate fire, or a deep, very trendy blue. So the little battery is doing double duty inside the e cigarette unit because it’s heating the liquid and also lighting up the tip.

The vaporizer liquid is comes in a variety of flavors, and it must be noted that nicotine may be a major component, a minor component or it may not be present at all. Tobacco flavor, in menthol or regular, is merely a flavor in an e cigarette since no tobacco is burned at all. And the other basic ingredient in the e cigarette liquid solution is usually propylene glycol or aqueous glycerin, both generally recognized as safe as used in other consumables, which is used to control the mixture of water, flavoring and nicotine so that maximum vapor is produced. It’s not smoke, it’s vapor. So it’s not smoking, it’s vaping.

The E cigarette Flavor Menu

Now let’s get started reading the e cigarette liquid flavor menu. This list is a compilation of various manufacturers’ products, and the numbers of flavors I’ve overlooked far exceeds the flavors I’ve included. If you’re considering an e cigarette to stop smoking, pay close attention now. Anyone for strawberry, coconut, tira misu, apple pie, caramel, apricot, mulled wine, marshmallow, malt whiskey, mango, lotus flower or lemon meringue? How about custard, Cuban cigar or cognac? We’re just getting started here. How about bubble gum, tequila or hot sauce? OK, just one more section on the menu for now, and that would be white chocolate, roast beef or ylang ylang… any takers?

Your own e cigarette liquid flavoring can be as dull or as exciting as your taste buds allow.

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E cigarette: The Easy Way To Quit Part 11

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 at 9:02 pm  
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Quitting With The E cigarette -  The Easy Way Part 11

stop smokingHello to all of my readers and to all of you who have recently quit smoking. Of course, hello as well to all non- smokers, current smokers and those of you who would like to quit smoking. It has been a couple of months since I last wrote about quitting smoking using the e cigarette and I thought it was time to bring everyone up to date on my status as a new non-smoker.

Things have been going well. I have not touched a tobacco cigarette in several months now and I owe that to my determination to quit in combination with the e cigarette. I have no doubt in my mind that I would not have been successful if it were not for the e cigarette. The e cigarette got me over all the rough patches as I quit smoking and I really believe that without the electronic cigarette, I would have given up and gone back to smoking tobacco cigarettes.

When last I wrote about quitting smoking, in part 10, I mentioned that I had stopped using the e cigarette completely. Since then, I have actually gone back to using it, albeit only occasionally. We all have times in our life when we are subjected to stress and I am not immune. Until recently, when I was stressed, I lit up a tobacco cigarette. Now, when I am stressed, I take out my trusty e cigarette and take two or three drags on it. I use the weakest strength nicotine cartridge and I estimate I use it about five times a week. From 3 packs a day for forty years to 15 drags per week on an e cigarette is quite a major improvement as far as I am concerned.

Like so many other things in life, like food and alcohol, if you overdo it, it can be bad for you and smoking was no exception. Unlike food however, smoking is not necessary to our survival and it has no redeeming features other than to satisfy our addiction to nicotine. Now, on the rare occasion when life gets to me, instead of lighting up a tobacco cigarette, I take out my trusty e cigarette. It helps me over the hump and unlike tobacco, it doesn’t have the potential to kill me. I like the improvement.

The bottom line is that the e cigarette worked for me

I am tobacco free and I intend to stay that way. When things get stressful and the urge to smoke hits me, I have an alternative to smoking a cigarette that really works. If you are thinking about quitting, no matter how many times you may have failed in the past, keep trying. Get an electronic cigarette and use it to quit smoking. I hope you will have as much success as I have had using the e cigarette. Just stay positive and don’t give up, smoke a puff from the e cigarette here and there and you’ll be fine!

E cigarettes Expensive and Dangerous?

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 at 8:08 am  
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E cigarettes – Expensive and Dangerous?

Aren’t we all fascinated when we hear that something is expensive and dangerous? We want to look closer to see exactly what the fuss is all about. Looking closer at an electronic cigarette, holding it in my hands and trying it out, puffing on it for a while, I was not convinced. It did not seem expensive and dangerous to me. But, then, neither did tobacco cigarettes back when I started smoking them. We’ll address the issue of expense later.

First Things First About E cigarettes

First, it must be said, an electronic cigarette does not produce smoke. It produces a form of water vapor, which includes a certain level of nicotine, or no nicotine at all. This means an electronic cigarette can be used successfully to diminish or stop smoking. The nicotine is provided in a liquid solution of water, propylene glycol and flavoring additives. Propylene glycol is a form of mineral oil, a common component in many food and beauty products having very low toxicity, categorized as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) and being completely biodegradable. The flavoring additives found in liquid solutions for use in electronic cigarette vaporizers may be either natural or artificial in origin.

Food-Grade Ingredients

So far, except for the nicotine, the other ingredients may be found in normal food people eat everyday. That is why I say that using an electronic cigarette does not seem dangerous to me. The subject of nicotine is very controversial at the moment. I am not taking sides on the safety of nicotine use, but I am concentrating on the fact that a smoker can, in fact, reduce nicotine consumption to zero by using an electronic cigarette, if that is his or her desire. Reduction in nicotine consumption cannot hurt anyone, therefore it is not dangerous.

The Cost of E cigarettes

Now we should consider the subject of cost. Purchase of a premium electronic cigarette represents a considerably higher initial investment than one pack of tobacco cigarettes, it’s true. But any genuine smoker will confirm that it’s not the upfront costs that matter really, it’s the long-term costs. A premium electronic cigarette is designed with rechargeable batteries and comes equipped with a battery charger for wall outlets and also for computer USB ports. A simple and perhaps unfair generalization would be that avid smokers who invest in an electronic cigarette unit and use it often, progressing to the point where they concoct their own liquid solutions to suit their own personal preferences will very likely save money over the course of time. A social “party smoker” who just smokes occasionally while holding a drink in her other hand will probably not save money over the cost of a pack of cigarettes purchased once in a while. That just makes sense. And a smoker who wants to stop smoking can use an electronic cigarette to move in the direction of quitting smoking, which is virtually priceless.

I’m looking at this electronic cigarette in my hand and thinking that it certainly does not appear to be expensive and dangerous to me.

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